Saturday, 15 September 2012

For those of us who own an HTC EVO 3D,
we tend to be hit, from time to time, with questions about our
investments. Questions like, “why did Sprint take over a year to release
something that was ready to go way before?” or “Will we be getting JB
like the other devices that are getting it?” However, a question that
more often than not plagues my mind as an owner of this device is,
“Where else can I use the 3D display?” Being able to watch a few movies
and play certain games in 3D is cool, but there should certainly be
other things that can be done to take advantage of the panel
technology—like a 3D interface, 3D wallpaper, and so on.

If you are thinking about these possible uses and more, here is a nice little app that will allow you to use 3D at all times
during normal operation. Essentially, the app changes a value in the 3D
panel controller, which turns it on and leaves it in that state. Due to
rotation obviously being an issue with this (remember how the camera
always complains whenever you try to take pictures while holding the
phone vertically?), the app allows you to turn the 3D feature on either
for landscape or portrait mode. The only one thing that can be somewhat
cumbersome is that this app will render your light sensor useless and
will boost and lock your brightness at 100%. This effect will go away as
soon as you turn off the 3D functionality through the app.
So, if the idea of having actual 3D wallpaper makes you salivate,
make sure that you try out this simple yet fulfilling app and leave some
feedback for the dev.

This app just echo’s a number in 3D_mode to enable complete device 3D. Either Landscape or Portrait.